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Ellison: By MySQL, I Mean Larry’s SQL
Though some analysts claim otherwise, MySQL is an asset, not baggage, and Oracle has no plans to unload it. Nor does the company think it will be forced to win regulatory approval for its proposed...
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Former MySQL Boss to EC: Approve Oracle-Sun Deal
Though he resigned earlier this year, former MySQL boss Mårten Mickos still has strong opinions about the open-source database outfit, which was acquired by Sun in 2008. In a letter to the European...
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AMD CEO Dirk Meyer's Comments on Intel Settlement [Transcript]
Earlier today, Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced a comprehensive agreement to end their outstanding legal disputes. Below, AMD CEO Dirk Meyer’s official remarks about the...
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Google's Chrome OS: "It Just Works"
Speaking at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans this past July, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said of Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS, “Who knows what this thing is?” Today, he found...
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Chrome Netbooks Headed to Market by 2010 Holidays
Direct from Google headquarters and liveblogged by John Pazckowski, the company’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for Google Chrome...
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Apple COO: Leave AT&T Alone
How much longer does Apple plan to continue its iPhone exclusivity contract with AT&T? Some say until June, when the device arrives on Verizon’s airwaves. Others say fall. Not unreasonable...
View ArticleIntel's Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer
Intel (INTC) loves to talk about Moore’s Law, its co-founder’s famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors. The company also prides itself on setting the pace, underscoring...
View ArticleIntel, AMD Set to Escalate Server Chip Fight
Intel Corp. (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) are overhauling their lines of chips for server systems at a rare time–just as corporate customers’ appetite for new technology finally seems to...
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Microsoft talks ARM at CES
As expected, Microsoft on Thursday showed off Windows running on new kinds of processors, specifically those that use an ARM core. “The next generation of Windows is going to evolve on new hardware,”...
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You've Heard About Windows for ARM Chips; Now Meet ARM
For all the attention being paid to the fact that Windows now runs on ARM chips from the likes of Texas Instruments, Qualcomm and Nvidia, few people know much about ARM, the British company whose...
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Oracle Ceases Development For Intel's Itanium Chip
Software giant Oracle announced overnight that it has ceased all development work relating to Intel’s Itanium microprocessor. In so doing it reminded the world that the Itanium chip exists at all....
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Windows 8 Forces Some Compromises After All
Steven Sinofsky talks about Windows 8 as a “no compromise” operating system, but the fact is there are some trade-offs to be made. Although the new Windows offers a number of upsides, including the...
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Oracle Shares Taking Off After a Strong Quarter
Shares in the software giant Oracle rose this morning, after a quarterly earnings report yesterday that displayed its resilience amid a sputtering economy that has caused persistent worries that...
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In First Interview Since Joining Oracle, Hurd Talks Hardware
Europe’s economy may be melting down, but you wouldn’t know it judging from the results of software giant Oracle. In his first on-the-record interview since joining Oracle last year, co-President Mark...
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Intel's Plan to Remain the Supercomputing King
As I wrote on Monday, this is a big week for supercomputing. The latest list of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers was released, and while the Top 10 didn’t change, some important barriers,...
View ArticleHP Offers Customers Path Away From Maligned Chip
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday offered help to customers who want to shift away from systems that use a microprocessor called Itanium. But HP insists it is not dumping the chip, nor reacting to a nasty...
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Tilera's Server Chip Challenges Intel, Sort Of
It’s been awhile since there was a new chip on the scene to get excited about; one that didn’t come from Intel, and wasn’t aimed at a mobile phone. It’s been even longer since there was a chip aimed at...
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Microsoft Says Hola to Windows 8 Beta in Barcelona
Aiming to show its mobile chops, Microsoft is using the world’s largest cellphone show to debut a new test version of Windows 8. The “consumer preview” version will feature a number of advancements...
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Nvidia Shares Soar on Earnings Beat, Bullish Outlook
Shares of graphics and mobile chipmaker Nvidia are rising by nearly 10 percent in early trading this morning, after its outlook for the quarter ahead soundly beat the consensus of analysts. Nvidia said...
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AMD Hires Apple's Head Chip Designer
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices just announced that it has poached the head of Apple’s chip design operations to run its chief microprocessor architect. Jim Keller joined Apple by way of its 2008...
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